There are 5 ways to get from Edinburgh to Arendal by plane, bus, car, car train, car ferry, or train
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Fly Edinburgh Airport to Kristiansand Airport, Kjevik, bus
best- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Kristiansand Airport, Kjevik (KRS)plane EDI - KRS
- Take the bus from Universitetet to Arendal bussterminalbus
8h 55mFly Edinburgh Airport to Oslo Airport, Gardermoen, train, bus
cheapest- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Oslo Airport, Gardermoen (OSL)plane EDI - OSL
- Take the train from Oslo lufthavn stasjon to Lysaker stasjontrain
- Take the bus from Lysaker stasjon to Harebakken bussterminalbus
8h 53mkr 1,107–2,987Drive, Eurotunnel, car ferry
- Drive from Edinburgh to Folkestonecar
- Take the car train from Folkestone to Calais-Fréthuncartrain
- Drive from Calais-Fréthun to Hirtshalscar
- Take the car ferry from Hirtshals to Kristiansandcarferry
- Drive from Kristiansand to Arendalcar
24h 48mTrain to Glasgow Airport, fly to Kristiansand Airport, Kjevik, bus
- Take the train from Edinburgh Waverley to Glasgow Queen Streettrain
- Fly from Glasgow Airport (GLA) to Kristiansand Airport, Kjevik (KRS)plane GLA - KRS
- Take the bus from Universitetet to Arendal bussterminalbus
10h 2mTrain to Aberdeen Airport, fly to Kristiansand Airport, Kjevik, bus
- Take the train from Edinburgh Waverley to Aberdeentrain
- Fly from Aberdeen Airport (ABZ) to Kristiansand Airport, Kjevik (KRS)plane ABZ - KRS
- Take the bus from Universitetet to Arendal bussterminalbus
12h 1m
Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Kristiansand Airport, Kjevik (KRS) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Edinburgh to Arendal is to fly and train and bus which costs kr 1100 - kr 3000 and takes 8h 53m.
The fastest way to get from Edinburgh to Arendal is to fly and train and bus which takes 8h 53m and costs kr 1100 - kr 3000.
The distance between Edinburgh and Arendal is 825 km.
It takes approximately 8h 55m to get from Edinburgh to Arendal, including transfers.
Arendal is 1h ahead of Edinburgh. It is currently 4:03 AM in Edinburgh and 5:03 AM in Arendal.
There are 132+ hotels available in Arendal.
What companies run services between Edinburgh, Scotland and Arendal, Norway?
There is no direct connection from Edinburgh to Arendal. However, you can take the vehicle to Edinburgh Airport, walk to Edinburgh Airport (EDI) airport, fly to Kristiansand Airport, Kjevik (KRS), walk to Kjevik lufthavn, take the line 35 bus to Universitetet, then take the bus to Arendal bussterminal. Alternatively, you can take a vehicle from Edinburgh to Arendal via Folkestone, Calais-Fréthun, Hirtshals, and Kristiansand in around 24h 48m.
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Kristiansand Airport, Kjevik via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 48m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- kr 950–5,500
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Kristiansand Airport, Kjevik via Bergen
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- kr 850–3,300
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Kristiansand Airport, Kjevik via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- kr 850–3,600
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Oslo Airport, Gardermoen via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 22m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- kr 650–3,500
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Kristiansand Airport, Kjevik via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- kr 750–4,900
Flights from Aberdeen Airport to Kristiansand Airport, Kjevik via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 22m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- kr 1,100–6,500
- Website
- flysas.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Kristiansand Airport, Kjevik via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 7m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- kr 850–4,500
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Oslo Airport, Gardermoen via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- kr 850–3,300
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Oslo Airport, Gardermoen via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 22m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- kr 650–3,500
- Website
- wideroe.no
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Kristiansand Airport, Kjevik via Bergen
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- kr 850–3,300
Flights from Aberdeen Airport to Kristiansand Airport, Kjevik via Bergen
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 37m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,400–4,900
Flights from Aberdeen Airport to Kristiansand Airport, Kjevik via Stavanger, Bergen
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 45m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,500–5,500
- Website
- norwegian.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Kristiansand Airport, Kjevik via Oslo Airport, Gardermoen
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- kr 950–3,600
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Oslo Airport, Gardermoen
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- kr 550–1,900
- Phone
- +44 (0) 8443 35 35 35
- Website
- leshuttle.com
Car train from Folkestone to Calais-Fréthun
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Website
- https://www.leshuttle.com/uk-en
- Phone
- 23 15 90 00
- flytoget@flytoget.no
- Website
- flytoget.no
Train from Oslo lufthavn stasjon to Lysaker stasjon
- Ave. Duration
- 34 min
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- kr 230–260
- Website
- https://flytoget.no/en/
- Phone
- +47 61 05 19 10
- tog@vy.no
- Website
- vy.no
Train from Oslo lufthavn stasjon to Lysaker stasjon
- Ave. Duration
- 42 min
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- kr 140–200
- Website
- https://www.vy.no/en
- Phone
- +44 344 811 0141
- Website
- scotrail.co.uk
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Glasgow Queen Street
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- kr 235–239
- Website
- https://www.scotrail.co.uk/
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Aberdeen
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 28m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- kr 210–700
- Website
- https://www.scotrail.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 345 722 5333
- customers@lner.co.uk
- Website
- lner.co.uk
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Aberdeen
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 32m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- kr 280–340
- Website
- https://www.lner.co.uk/
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Aberdeen
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 27m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- kr 110–470
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 330 060 0500
- enquiry@sleeper.scot
- Website
- sleeper.scot
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Aberdeen
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 6m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- kr 800–1,100
- Website
- https://www.sleeper.scot/
- Sleeper Berth Classic
- kr 2,800–3,100
- Sleeper Seat
- kr 800–1,100
- Sleeper Berth Club Solo
- kr 3,300–3,800
- Phone
- 815 00 194
- post@akt.no
- Website
- akt.no
Bus from Universitetet to Arendal bussterminal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 16m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Website
- Agder Kollektivtrafikk as
- Phone
- +47 407 05070
- buss@vy.no
- Website
- vybuss.no
Bus from Lysaker stasjon to Harebakken bussterminal
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- kr 420–600
- Website
- https://www.vybuss.com/
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Lysaker stasjon to Harebakken bussterminal
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 6m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- kr 190–550
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- (+47) 22 31 31 50
- Website
- nor-way.no
Bus from Lysaker stasjon to Harebakken bussterminal
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- kr 430–600
- Website
- https://www.nor-way.no/en/
- Phone
- +45 99 56 19 00
- Website
- colorline.no
Car ferry from Hirtshals to Kristiansand
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- kr 416–1,067
- Website
- https://www.colorline.com/
- Car
- kr 1,067
- No Car
- kr 416
- Phone
- +47 51 46 40 99
- info@fjordline.com
- Website
- fjordline.com
Car ferry from Hirtshals to Kristiansand
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- kr 440–1,400
- Website
- https://www.fjordline.com/en
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